This is for a rare set of original production Neo sunglasses made very briefly by the original licensed manufacturer 3NDY. Yes 3NDY of Germany made the original Neo sunglasses. 3NDY is a top German eyewear company with official European optical CE certification. They made Neo's Matrix sunglasses under license where they were sold commercially worldwide through the closed website thisisthematrix.de
When the sunglasses sold out the studio closed the site and didn't renew the contract. 3NDY kept making them to sell in stores but they ran into a problem. The license was only to manufacture them not sell them. Only the movie studio could sell them. 3NDY re-branded the temples on about 100 Neo sunglasses as "Green Fly"(it's right there on the website) and that was the end of the last quality production run of these sunglasses. These were the last of the "bespoke" Neo sunglasses not the mass production generic licensed and unlicensed stuff we all got stuck with later on.
To go back in time to view 3NDY's original run of Neo sunglasses go to "The Wayback Machine" on the internet and then type in the site thisisthematrix.de and select a day in the year 2000. Yes there is a looking glass that let's you see back through the Matrix. What better way to identify Neo's sunglasses... It takes a little effort to find it but I assure you it's all there! Considering that the internet was far less consistent 20 years ago these original sunglasses have almost been lost down the memory hole.
Design note. Look at the nose-bridge of the 3NDY's including the commercially released image and then look at the still of Neo. They are an exact match. No other versions ever gave the full design. 3NDY did because they were authorized.
The other thing about 3NDY's sunglasses is they made these unusually light. The lenses are polycarbonate Optyl(Carrera of Austria back then) and the temples are titanium. These weigh in at just under 0.5 ounces. My scale says 0.4 oz. Crazy. These sunglasses are like nothing you have ever seen or worn. When you put these on you can tell they are very special. Even the hinges are spring loaded so the temples don't flop around. If they are open they stay open and if they're closed they stay closed. To contain this mechanism the hinges flare into a barrel shape and then taper down again. 20+ years later there is still nothing quite like them.
A note about condition these are new but the lenses have ultra fine marks at the mounting points. To maintain the rimless design the hardware attaches directly to the lenses. Look very closely at the fourth photo. This is only visible against a light colored background viewed at a certain angle with the right lighting. It has no effect on the looks or function.
While other companies got licensed to use the Matrix name, only 3NDY made the actual design. I say this because Neo's sunglasses do not have rims on them. Period. They are rimless and frameless. They also don't have any fasteners of any kind visible on the front. If there is one specific iconic design from The Matrix it was Neo's rimless sunglasses. It's what made you look twice, like the woman in the red dress.
Knock, knock Neo.
Epic
